HOW DID YOUR FASCINATION FOR MECHANICAL WATCHES START?

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Hi Mark, I have the IWC AQUATIMER CHRONO,SPITFIRE CHRONO, PILOTS CLASSIC CHRONO,INGENIEUR MISSION EARTH , LADIES INGENIEUR WITH GOLD INDEX AND HANDS and the latest is my BIG PILOT. I have a small collection of different brands ROLEX,TUDOR,OMEGA,PANERI,BREITLING,BVLGARI but IWC got me hooked.Perhaps the reason why I got to love IWC watches specially the pilot chronos is because of my love of flying, it's one of my passions.

It started the first time i saw a picture advert of the portuguese 5001 with a grey dial. Much later i discovered it was called `ardoise` and this model was made only in a white gold version. Quite a cooler, finance wise. But , here i am now, 10 years later. It never left my mind and 2 months ago i found one i could afford, in perfect shape, and i couldnt have been more happy with it. Thank you IWC for making THE most beautiful watch in the world.

DutchTime Wrote:It started the first time i saw a picture advert of the portuguese 5001 with a grey dial. Much later i discovered it was called `ardoise` and this model was made only in a white gold version. Quite a cooler, finance wise. But , here i am now, 10 years later. It never left my mind and 2 months ago i found one i could afford, in perfect shape, and i couldnt have been more happy with it. Thank you IWC for making THE most beautiful watch in the world.

DutchTime Wrote:It started the first time i saw a picture advert of the portuguese 5001 with a grey dial. Much later i discovered it was called `ardoise` and this model was made only in a white gold version. Quite a cooler, finance wise. But , here i am now, 10 years later. It never left my mind and 2 months ago i found one i could afford, in perfect shape, and i couldnt have been more happy with it. Thank you IWC for making THE most beautiful watch in the world.

Proof that even after 10 years, "stunning" never goes out of style. BTW, that variation IMHO is the one ! Congrats Dutchtime and enjoy.

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DutchTime Wrote:It started the first time i saw a picture advert of the portuguese 5001 with a grey dial. Much later i discovered it was called `ardoise` and this model was made only in a white gold version. Quite a cooler, finance wise. But , here i am now, 10 years later. It never left my mind and 2 months ago i found one i could afford, in perfect shape, and i couldnt have been more happy with it. Thank you IWC for making THE most beautiful watch in the world.

My grandfather owned a beautiful IWC and he gave it to me .After a few years burglars broke into my flat and stole it.I was really sad and felt guilty for it.I decided to buy another vintage one but it was not the same model.Thanks to this site I managed to identify (more or less) the model my grand father owned and I would like to ask you whether you believe I could find one .Models, from your Vintage Catalogue Project could be :1941-42 Catalog (Blue Edition) n. 57 or 59 or 60 and1941-42 Catalog (Grey Edition) n. 107 or 110.

Several things over several years, really. A very complicated Citizens watch I saw in a jewelry store window back around 1990 was the first time I realized watches could tell me more than just the time and date.My wife buying a Rolex in St. Martin around 1992.My Dad's Longines from 1943, which I inherited when he passed away in 1992.Sometime after all of this I started reading about watches and learning about the various brands and complications, and truly grasping the difference between a mechanical watch and a quartz watch; then between a hand-wound and automatic watch.And then one day I woke up and realized I could own a mechanical (my first was an Omega Seamaster Chronograph).40-50 watches later I have an IWC collection which is large and wide (2 Da Vincis, 2 Portuguesers, and 3 Ingenieurs) and a few other brands, all of which I figure out a time to wear.And of course, it won't stop there-I already have my heart set on another Portuguese, a 5001.

Inherited a watch from my grandfather. A ref. 1818 (or so I believe) with bracelet in gold, with gold(en) dial. The watch is currently sent to IWC for service.While waiting for the watch to come back, I could not help myself and got a Portuguese Automatic. Now I am using (too much) of my spare time reading up on watches and movements, utterly fascinated.